Too much head in the sand for me I guess. I worked in Newburyport for 2
years and never knew about the eagles.
Chuck Norcutt
On 2/8/2014 11:02 PM, usher99@xxxxxxx wrote:
> The Bald Eagles are out and about this time of year near the mouth of
> the Merrimack. the Mass Audubon sponsors a yearly festival with birders
> manning 5 spots where they are usually seen.
> Advantages of going today are they report in every few minutes where
> they are so one can head over to the highest yield spot and not have to
> hang out and look for hours in 15 deg weather. They were not very
> close this year though.
> Fewer Wimberley Sidekicks this year and more monopods with IS lenses
> with long fast Canyon glass for most part as usual it seems. I don't
> make a habit of trying to capture BIF and used my Tammy 400/4 with
> 1.4 TC. Not so easy to focus
> and follow. Marnie looked through what I had in the cam when I
> returned (too cold for her today) and said I see " mostly fuzzy
> wings". She was correct. :-( Sometimes the elegant adult Bald
> Eagles are just 20 yds away near the Chain bridge but almost always
> when I don't have any cam. Snowy owls were very common at the Parker
> River Wildlife Refuge this year.
>
> http://www.massaudubon.org/content/download/10737/169932/file/Eagle-festival-Map-2014.pdf
>
>
>
> No birds of interest at Cashman Park so checked exposure:
>
> http://www.olyendomike.com/Other/Massaudubon-Eagle-Fest-Feb/36908057_r5crTc#!i=3065599208&k=mpg7FTC&lb=1&s=L
>
>
> One modestly sharp Juvenile :
>
> http://www.olyendomike.com/Other/Massaudubon-Eagle-Fest-Feb/36908057_r5crTc#!i=3065600095&k=n5vvvBs&lb=1&s=L
>
>
> Coupala ducks that move along leisurely.
> http://www.olyendomike.com/Other/Massaudubon-Eagle-Fest-Feb/36908057_r5crTc#!i=3065600390&k=4tmzt4G&lb=1&s=L
>
> http://www.olyendomike.com/Other/Massaudubon-Eagle-Fest-Feb/36908057_r5crTc#!i=3065604973&k=Mf9pC9s&lb=1&s=L
>
> One juvenile Bald Eagle was pestering a duck:
>
> http://www.olyendomike.com/Other/Massaudubon-Eagle-Fest-Feb/36908057_r5crTc#!i=3065600014&k=H3n6qF7&lb=1&s=L
>
> Next week is the yearly NHOS (New Hampshire Orchid society) show.
> Perhaps I'll do better--at least the orchids don';t move too fast.
>
> Fuzzy Mike
>
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